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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2023
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Daiki Maeda, Kanagawa, JP;
Kimihiko Fukawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Sakai, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuichi Yanagiwara, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image acquisition apparatus comprising pixels each including sub-pixels, the apparatus comprising signal holding units for holding signals from the sub-pixels, and a signal processing unit for acquiring and processing each of the signals from the signal holding units, wherein the signal processing unit includes a first mode of amplifying, by a predetermined amplification factor, the signals held by the signal holding units and individually outputting the signals, and a second mode of amplifying, by amplification factors at least some of which are different from the amplification factor in the first mode, the signals held by the signal holding units to add and output the signals.
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